The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-03
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.
F. MARION CRAWFORD will return to this
country in October and spend the winter here
Mrs. CLEvELAND's health is reported to be
better now than at any time since she entered
the White House.
A LITTLE girl. who wanted to describe the alb
sent-mindedness of her uncle, said His re-
member so tired that he has to use his forget
all the time.
GEN LUCIUs FAIRcHILD was one of the sub.
scribers to the fund that enabled Helene Has
treiter. the great contralto. to secure a musical
education in Europe.
THE St Louis exposition gets its piece de re-
sistance in the fine arts in Munkacsy's great
painting, "Christ Before Plate" which has just
been removed from Boston.
Four little pigs who have been trained TO
stand in and twist their tails in the magic
symbol ''168S' will be among the decorations
to greet the President when he visits Memphis
IT is not likely that there is truth in the story
that the two sons of the Prince of Wales are to
be made dukes. Their father does not want
them enter the House of Peers until he gets
to be King.
MAJOR POND the fidus achates and general
guardian of Henry Ward Beecher in all his pub
lie movements, says it isn't question whether
Plymouth wants Parker, but does Parker want
Plymouth.
A MAN named Cook, on the Indian river
Florida. became so exasperated over the contin-
ued drumming on piano that he started out
with shotgun and killed the piano player,
Hoyt by name.
HOWARD WILLIAMSON. of Mount Sterling
KY, has bad left leg. It began to ossify last
winter. and is as hard stone and looks as
If cut from marble There has been no pain at
tending the osslfication.
Mrs. JOHN A CooKERILL, the wife of the ed
itor-in-chef of the New York World. is Vir-
GINA lady who is charming in conversation and
has SO much the appearance and winsome man
ner of Mrs Cleveland that she has often been
mistaken for the latter.
HENRY G. MARQUAND's already celebrated
piano and stools were finally shipped
Thursday and invoicsd at value of SAG, 500.
Three years have been expended on them, and
Tademas decorations on the cover alone cost
81, 900. The works to be of American make.
Europeans say this touches the top notch of
American extravaganza
A RATHER nice looking but matronly-looking
young woman began depositing 800 week at
the First National Bank of Chicago. She came
regularly, always with the same amount, that
the young mar at the window made bold to con-
graduate her that she doing we'll In her
business. Don't give me away" said she in
friendly tone; 'my husband is bartender"
IT seems that other things besides comets
may be discovered at Rochester, N. Y. It is
wise and observant colored man of that city who
makes this announcement: ''Pears to me like
dar was some kind of misdecomposishun in all
dis talk about babies cuttin' teef De way rs
cum to look at it, hits de teef cuttin de baby.
Leaswise, OATS de way hit looks in de case Oh
cullud cnipeu."
PRINCE BISMARCK has been compelled to close
his park at Friedrichsruhe the public on &C
count of the depredatons committed by visitors
which for long time he took in good part 1t
isr ate hat he rece
young ladies in the act of plucking leaves from
shrub he told Them Ladies if every visitor of
this garden would take along only one leaf,
there would soon be- more leaves left than
there are hairs on my head.
THERE ia a hotel for colored people in Sara
toga which is extremely select in its way. Mr..
Broughton, the proprietor, is said to be worth
100000 Among his guests this year have
been several young coorsd women of wealth
and position. Two of them wore diamonds of
great value. One of these dusky beauties was
considered the belle of Saratoga by her race
and her somewhat naughty manners showed
that she realized what Is due to a queen OF
beauty.
JUDGE KELLEY, is recalled by the Wash
ington correspondent of the Kansas City Times,
was one of the committee sent by the national
convention of 1860 to notify A braham Lincoln
of his nomination for the Presidency. Kelley
was tall, straight as arrow, and when Lon
coin saw him he eyed Kelley all over. After the
formalitiss were all over Lincoln proposed to
Kelley that they measure back to back, and it
was found taat they were just of height That
pleased Lincoln greatly.
JOHN STILLMAN, who conductor Of the
fatal train at ChaJsworth, went into the wreck
weighing 1874 pounds. He now weighs l51
pounds. loss Of forty-thrse pounds in twenty
days He is unable to eat heartily. and has not
known 8 night Of rsstful slum Der since the acct
dent. When he does sleep his slumbers are
broken by visions of the wreck, and in imagina-
@ terrible ed
and dying till he wakes, more worn and restless
than bsfore. He now taking unlimited
vacation at the expense of the road.
CONNECTICUT tobogganers have just opened
slide at Bridgeport which runs down into the
sea. The toboggans used the same as those
on cold weather toboggan slides, the only differ
encs being in the slide, which runs on rollers in
stead of ice or snow. The end of the slide runs
far out under the water. When the toboggan
comes down at q mile q minute speed. with one
two three riders board it strikes the
water and bounds slides and rebounds like
stone sent skipping over the water The water
ana foam fly in broad sheets the toboggan
slides and through It. As rule. the
sliders go forty feet on the water after leaving
the slide. Then down they go under the water,
tobogcan and all, to come moment after
ward and swim back to shore, floating the to-
boggan ahead of them. Four toboggans are
running constantly when the tide is right
ACCORDING to the London World Londonl
the presence of Prince William of Prussia at
Gastein during the visit of the Emperor of
Austria was due to Prince Bismarcks earnest
wish that reconciliation should take place be-
tween the grandson of the Emperor William and |
the Crown Prince OF Austria; and that the |
aged Kaiser is not less anxious the subject IS
proved By the fact that he has Just sent the |
cross of the grand communicating of the family |
order of the royal house of Hohen zollern to the
Archduke Rudolph Serious differences arose
botwssn the tive princes when Prince William !